How To Install kernel-tools-libs on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kernel-tools-libs on Rocky Linux 8.
What is kernel-tools-libs
This package contains the libraries built from the tools/ directory from the kernel source.
We can use yum or dnf to install kernel-tools-libs on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install kernel-tools-libs.
Install kernel-tools-libs on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install kernel-tools-libs using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install kernel-tools-libs
Install kernel-tools-libs on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install kernel-tools-libs using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install kernel-tools-libs
How To Uninstall kernel-tools-libs on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the kernel-tools-libs package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove kernel-tools-libs
kernel-tools-libs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib64/libcpupower.so.0
/usr/lib64/libcpupower.so.0.0.1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kernel-tools-libs on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.